The Siamese Twin Mystery
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Bradford, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cleveland, Ohio: Tower Books / The World Publishing Company, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Wartime edition from Tower Books, #T-343. Binding tight, but paper yellowing due to high acid content of wartime "cheap" paper. Jacket has minor tears and wear to edges & spine from shelving. Pages clean and unmarked. Owner's name penciled onto frontispiece along gutter. Note ad in back that this book could be mailed "to a boy in the armed services anywhere for only 4¢ postage," as well as a quote from Roosevelt on the copyright page. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Star Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006623
- Title
- The Siamese Twin Mystery
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Tower Books / The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Star Cat Books
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Bradford, Vermont
About Star Cat Books
New & gently used books, specializing in children's and science fiction. Good selection of general fiction, nonfiction, cooking, art, biography & autobiography, mystery, and religion.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...